This is a picture of the Candletree plant I grew from seeds given to me by debnes-dfw-tx. I planted it last year and these are the first blooms I have gotten. Just gotta be patient!
October blooms and such
Once the heat broke and the rains came, these 2 Lantanas took off like gangbusters.
Carla
Sheila_FW,
We had dinner at the new El Sombrero Wednesday evening. They've move to a new and much larger location just down the road from the old place. Thanks for the suggestion! :-) Looks like the moved the faux palms as well. LOL
What lovely fall blooms y'all have. My brug is blooming its head off too. It's just been waiting for rain.
This jonquil that I've been meaning to plant all summer, is coming up. Can I plant it now? Can I separate the bulbs? It's in a 3" pot and it has about a dozen shoots coming up.
Noid brug in ground behind the pond. Thought it was dead, but it shot up two long stems above the 6' fence. Must be at least 10' tall now.... This is my "secret garden" that looks like it should remain a secret till spring cleaning.
Linda...do you water the asters very much? I had some and they just melted away. I think I over watered them.
Are you kidding?! It looks gorgeous! I think you should enter your "secret garden" in the Home Gardens category of the photo contest.
well thanks, but it must photograph better than it actually looks!
The drought and grasshopper pretty much decimated my garden, but this relative of the Texas Wild Olive has just begun to bloom. The flowers are slightly smaller that the white Cordia boissieri, but are a bright clear lemon yellow. It's Cordia lutea and much more frost sensitive than the native white. I have to haul the pot into the greenhouse for protection.
This one bloomed last month for the second time this year, but the color is so dramatic I had to share it. The grasshoppers ate the first flush. Cordia Sebestena
Those are lovely, bettydee! I've throught of getting one of our native white one, Cordia boissiera, but kept thinking that it probably gets too cold here for it.
Bettydee...Those are lovely bright colors on this gloomy day.
Linda....I had to go look up the native one you mentioned. I see where htop says it is hardy to 20 degrees and she lives in San Antonio. She is showing a huge tree and seeds.
I know, Sheila...I've seen some of the ones in San Antonio, they are gorgeous. Unfortunately, it sometimes gets down into the teens here, not every year, but most of them. The higher elevation of the hills here make it colder than S. A.
Even in San Antonio, they get cut down every so often by freezing weather. There is one in front of the Alamo. I have seen it as a nice 12' tree and as a shrub. The roots survive, but the top can get frozen down and it is located in an urban area that is usually several degrees warmer in winter. I bought a native one as well, but so far I have been reluctant to put it in the ground because it gets into the low 20s here. I have all 3 in 30" pots.
I saw these blooming all over San Antonio when I was down visiting my family this weekend. I saw them especially in the older neighborhoods over by Ft. Sam Houston. Simply striking and gorgeous! Anyone know the name of it?
Close up of the blooms.
Looks like Coral vine that they had for sale at the Botanic Garden this Sat. It was really pretty.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/52544/
Kenboy, Bandera is in the same zone as you; 8a. There are microclimates, I suppose...
This is Blue Passionflower, Passiflora caerulea.
This was before the rain went away...Lindheimer's Morning Glory, very happy!
Thar sure is pretty Linda.
It's nice to see Mexican Sunflower blooming...love that color!
